Muscle Stories and Fitness Interviews

Muscle stories and fitness interviews are mostly with people I know, or have known, either personally or as internet friends. Their training and exercise methods vary, sometimes greatly. But their common thread is a passion for and commitment to vibrant living and fitness as a lifestyle.

Please enjoy them . . .

• Boedecker Home Gym
  Lifelong fitness advocate designed a home gym anyone will admire.

• Amelia Burton
  A gym owner in Australia and self-described "fitness nut." Amelia walks the talk.

• Dave Draper Article
  Former Mr. America, Mr. World, and Mr. Universe talks about training and growing older.

• Tim Dugas
  Personal trainer Tim Dugas tells how after retirement he began a new career in fitness.

• Mrs. Gray Iron Fitness
  Patty Reyes Franklin discovers weight training and a new way of life.

• David Gibb
  An interview with Northern California personal trainer David Gibb.

• Roy Hilligenn
  One of the great strongmen and bodybuilders of the pre-steroid era of bodybuilding.

• Kicking Sand in One's Face . . .
  A bully motivated this New York native to get strong.

• Jack LaLanne
  The fitness legend now in his 90s still works out daily.

• Jennifer (Franklin) Oberth
  California girl builds muscle and burns fat near Arnold Schwarzenegger's hometown in Austria.

• Terry Overstreet
  At 64 years old, he was out of shape and weighed 300 lbs. At 66, he's fit!

• Peary Rader's Iron Man magazine. For 50 years, Peary & Mabel Rader published an admired bodybuilding and weightlifting magazine.

• Steve Reeves Championship Workout. Discover the exact workouts Reeves took preparing for the Mr. America and Mr. Universe competitions.

• Skwigg
  Evolution of a lady fitness buff with lots of common sense.

• Walt's Gym
  Walt's was definitely old-school when it came to pumping iron.

• Bob White
  I was a skinny kid and started training at 15 with George Jowett's bodyweight course in 1957.

• Yarick's Gym
  The famous West Coast gym was the gathering place of champions.